Declaring Rights: A Brief History with Documents (Bedford Cultural Editions Series)

Type

Book

Authors

Jack N. Rakove

ISBN 10

0312137346

ISBN 13

9780312137342

Tags

United States, General, Civil Rights & Liberties, History, Constitutional Law, Civil Rights

Description

Questions about the original meaning of the Bill of Rights remain a source of active concern and controversy in the twenty-first century. In order to help students consider the intentions of the first Constitutional amendments and the significance of declaring rights, Jack Rakove traces the tradition and describes the deliberations from which the Bill of Rights emerged. - from Amzon

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